CVE-2016-2140

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Openstack
Status
Nova
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 April 2016

Summary

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450
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https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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